Road Foreman of Engines
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A road foreman of engines is the traditional title of the person in charge of and the supervisor of, a locomotive engineer
. An engineer who wishes to enter the management ranks on a railroad becomes a road foreman of engines. His job is the overall supervision and to instruct, discipline, train and evaluate, the performance and skill of a railroad engineer. He is essentially an engineer's boss.
In the United States
, engineers are licensed by the Federal Railroad Administration
for their craft. Railroads had to designate who can supervise an engineer. Only a person who is an FRA certified locomotive engineer can instruct and supervise an engineer in his craft. Therefore, the road foremen were designated as "designated supervisor of locomotive engineers" (DSLE).
Road foremen also have the responsibility of analyzing data from locomotive event recorder
s. This is done in post-accident investigation and for random review of a locomotive engineer's performance.
Railroad engineer
A railroad engineer, locomotive engineer, train operator, train driver or engine driver is a person who drives a train on a railroad...
. An engineer who wishes to enter the management ranks on a railroad becomes a road foreman of engines. His job is the overall supervision and to instruct, discipline, train and evaluate, the performance and skill of a railroad engineer. He is essentially an engineer's boss.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, engineers are licensed by the Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Railroad Administration
The Federal Railroad Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation. The agency was created by the Department of Transportation Act of 1966...
for their craft. Railroads had to designate who can supervise an engineer. Only a person who is an FRA certified locomotive engineer can instruct and supervise an engineer in his craft. Therefore, the road foremen were designated as "designated supervisor of locomotive engineers" (DSLE).
Road foremen also have the responsibility of analyzing data from locomotive event recorder
Event recorder
A Train event recorder is similar to the flight data recorder found on aircraft. It records data about the operation of train controls and performance in response to those controls and other train control systems.Data storage is provided by magnetic tape, battery-backed RAM and, most recently,...
s. This is done in post-accident investigation and for random review of a locomotive engineer's performance.